Some people make statements such as, "Why don't you give Skip a break, he's
out there doing it." Other people make much the same statements about Capt.
Joe of the sunken "Red Cloud." They say, "Well, at least he tried, he
deserves credit for that, doesn't he?"

Not and not! If you agree with the above statements then you should have
some serious doubts concerning your education and thought process. Giving
people credit for "trying" and "doing it" is the mentality of a liberal.
It's exactly what they teach in public schools these days. There are no
winners or losers, there are only those who try. Trying is the goal. Trying
is everything or at least the most important thing. Winning or losing,
amateur or professional, shoddy or workmanlike, etc., are just some
inconsequential results of trying. This is such destructive thinking. Yet
many of you have bought into it as evidenced by your comments.

When somebody like Skip is given credit for being out there doing it,
where's the consideration of HOW he's doing it and if he's doing it
successfully or doing it sloppily, dangerously and ineptly. Is he a credit
to manhood and seamanship or is he an embarrassment?

When somebody else give Capt. Joe credit for trying, even in the face of
abject failure, they don't take into consideration the FACT that trying
without success is
failure. In effect they give credit for failure. A liberal brainwashing
seems to have rearranged priorities to sap the will of individuals and to
take away the importance of individual initiative, professionalism and
success. Those satisfied with having none of these are mere shadows of men.
It's a crying shame.

Wilbur Hubbard